Re: Apple Lisa Display

["Vince Briel" <vbriel@attbi.com>]

The lisa doesn't have a "video card", it is the controller card for the CRT.
It's under the lid.  Don't trust the external video port, it has nothing to
do with the CRT controls.

"Matthew Russotto" <russotto@grace.speakeasy.net> wrote in message
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> In article <84a7d8f8.0302251210.6c6e7111@posting.google.com>,
> Billy <fsbilly@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >i need some help.
> >
> >i have a Lisa 2/5 that was working great a couple of weeks ago.  now
> >when i start it, the screen shows a bright horizontal line and a bunch
> >of dimmer diagonal lines.  i'm thinking the display card has taken a
> >dive, but i dunno.
>
> Is the screen at all readable through that?  Is it changing at all?
> If it is, could just be dried-up capacitors in the video section;
> someone with electronics skill (and some respect for high-voltage)
> could possibly fix it.
>
> IIRC, the Lisa doesn't have a separate display card, but it's been a
> long time since I had one apart.
>
> --
> Matthew T. Russotto                            mrussotto@speakeasy.net
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